I asked my vet about the rough dry nose

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And her response made sense. She noted that Porkchop's tongue can only reach so high up when he licks his nose. The top part is "dry" because his tongue can't "exfoliate" the growth of the nose, which constantly grows and sheds. The lower part, where his tongue can reach, is shiny and smooth.

I used Snout Soother for a short time and Pork hated it. He'd see me pick up the can and Poof! He was outta here. So I used coconut oil as suggested on this forum. After a few days of that, I noticed after one application that he playfully wiped his nose on my white shirt and lots of little black spots appeared! Little itty bitty crusty things. It had to be the dry nose particles. I thought about what my vet said and well, it makes sense. She said it's not a big health issue. When his nose irritates him, he'll rub it somewhere to get the crusties loose, but no harm in doing the coconut oil thing as long as it doesn't cause a buildup in his nose folds. That could cause an infection. Since I clean his nose folds most every day, that has not been a problem.

Any thoughts on this explanation?
 

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Ive heard about those black dots before and think you're right. We use Aquaphor once or twice a week and it really works.
 

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My Joey's nose gets very dry, her tongue goes only to the left side and doesn't hit the nose ever, instead it flicks up in her eye:eek: I put coconut oil, and it works really great for us. She loves coconut oil and actually manages to lick her nose if it has some on it... If her nose is dry little black pieces comes off when I clean it with a cloth so I think that's normal, it's only dry stuff that comes off...

This is Bennie, see the little line that goes from the top of his nose all the way down to his mouth... when they lick their mouth saliva gets left in that line and keeps the nose moist, if they can't lick their nose it will be dry :)
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I've used both coconut oil and now aquaphor with great success, although now I think aquaphor works better.

After I rub it in good, (either coconut oil or aquaphor), I take a hot/warm wash cloth and run the nose back and forth, and all the dry crusties fall off.

Those dry crusties or nose bits are actually hyperkeratosis.

As for the tongue therory, I don't know about that-- Molly's tongue can reach the top but hers still gets crusty. But more than that since she licks her nose so much all the time it gets downright dirty! So, I really think it just depends on the dog. My bulldog Jesse gets a lot of hyperkeratosis on her nose and her paw pads. I actually have to trim her paw pads with scissors. My vet says it's because she is lazy. LOL :hmm: a bulldog maybe?
 

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I've used both coconut oil and now aquaphor with great success, although now I think aquaphor works better.

After I rub it in good, (either coconut oil or aquaphor), I take a hot/warm wash cloth and run the nose back and forth, and all the dry crusties fall off.

Those dry crusties or nose bits are actually hyperkeratosis.

As for the tongue therory, I don't know about that-- Molly's tongue can reach the top but hers still gets crusty. But more than that since she licks her nose so much all the time it gets downright dirty! So, I really think it just depends on the dog. My bulldog Jesse gets a lot of hyperkeratosis on her nose and her paw pads. I actually have to trim her paw pads with scissors. My vet says it's because she is lazy. LOL :hmm: a bulldog maybe?

Is hyperkertosis that stuff that kind of looks like thick hair on their paw pads? Joey's got that on hers but I thought it's cos they are dry so I've tried to moisturize them... hasn't disappeared from it though:ashamed: Joey is VERY lazy and she's the only dog I've ever seen that on... can that be cut off?... wont that hurt?:unsure:.
 

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Is hyperkertosis that stuff that kind of looks like thick hair on their paw pads? Joey's got that on hers but I thought it's cos they are dry so I've tried to moisturize them... hasn't disappeared from it though:ashamed: Joey is VERY lazy and she's the only dog I've ever seen that on... can that be cut off?... wont that hurt?:unsure:.

Yes it is, it seems like it would hurt but it doesn't, it's like cutting hair. I'll get a video for you today if I can find any and show the trimming. It could also be caused by yeast or bacteria BC sometimes it stinks. But mainly its from them not filing down naturally on floors, rugs, pavement, ect. Thus being lazy.


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Yes it is, it seems like it would hurt but it doesn't, it's like cutting hair. I'll get a video for you today if I can find any and show the trimming. It could also be caused by yeast or bacteria BC sometimes it stinks. But mainly its from them not filing down naturally on floors, rugs, pavement, ect. Thus being lazy.

Thank you:) \

Joey's doesn't smell... she gets cysts occasionally but I've kind of figured the cause of them out, have to keep her feet dry after rainy weather or baths, so I don't think it's caused by yeast... She's only got it on the big pads on her front paws, all the other little "finger" pads are fine and so are her back feet. Sorry for turning the nose thread in to a paw thread:hijacked:

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Thank you:) \

Joey's doesn't smell... she gets cysts occasionally but I've kind of figured the cause of them out, have to keep her feet dry after rainy weather or baths, so I don't think it's caused by yeast... She's only got it on the big pads on her front paws, all the other little "finger" pads are fine and so are her back feet. Sorry for turning the nose thread in to a paw thread:hijacked:

:blush2:

Yes, sorry for the :hijacked:....

Here is a video for you [MENTION=7710]Petra[/MENTION] and of course I also had to do some more research for informational purposes :yes:

 

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Yes, sorry for the :hijacked:....

Here is a video for you @Petra and of course I also had to do some more research for informational purposes :yes:




GREAT info.... never knew that! Banks had this on he back paws and it never seemed to bother her so I left it alone.
 

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Great dry nose info and also the video about "hairy paws". We always battle with Frank's dry nose and I recently noticed that he has developed the hairy paw growth, which I had never seen before.
 

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